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Clocks go back this weekend, so we have to get used to it being much darker much earlier.
However, did you know that that there are 10 per cent more collisions killing or injuring a pedestrian in the four weeks following the clocks going back than in the four weeks before the clocks change? This is according to a report of the National Audit Office entitled "Improving Road Safety for Pedestrians and Cyclists in Great Britain". A total of 572 pedestrians were killed on Britain's roads last year. Pedestrian deaths rose from 55 in October to 62 in November - the month in which the most pedestrian fatalities were recorded. In March 2008, 61 pedestrians were killed, but in April - after the clocks had moved forward an hour - the figure dropped to 34.
RoSPA, the safety charity is continuing to press for the introduction of a system known as Single Double Summer Time that would give an extra hour of daylight in the evening all year round. As Casualty data shows that more pedestrians are killed and injured in the afternoon and early evening than in the morning, by moving to SDST, vulnerable road users like children walking home from school would have an extra hour of daylight in which to make their journeys.
In the meantime, Be Safe, Be seen.
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